There are six days left in the Trump presidency and, assuming no further coup attempts, on Day Seven Donald Trump can go back to being a private shyster rather than a public one. If you needed a reminder of how Donald Trump operates and has always operated, you need notContinue Reading
Deutsche Bank will no longer do business with President Donald Trump, a move that will cut off his business from a major source of loans that once helped fund his golf courses and hotels. Germany’s biggest bank has decided to refrain from future business with the president and his company, a person familiar withContinue Reading
A Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed the alleged certificate forgery suit brought against Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State by the All Progressives Congress (APC) and one of its members, Edobor Williams. Justice Ahmed Mohammed, in a judgment a moment ago, held that the plaintiffs failed to proveContinue Reading
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has urged Ogoni people to be cautious of politicians and political parties who will lure them with unworkable promises ahead of the 2023 general elections. Governor Wike said this during the commissioning of the Sakpenwa-Bori road in Khana Local Government Area of the state. HeContinue Reading
The Federal Government has finally commenced the implementation of the New Visa Policy (NVP), according to the Minister of Interior, Eng. Rauf Aregbesola. Aregbesola tweeted on Friday that with the new policy, Nigerians with dual citizenship, would no longer require visas to visit Nigeria if they decided to travel homeContinue Reading
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar yesterday prescribed how Nigeria can exit its second recession, proposing a 15 per cent tax on those he described as super rich and on luxury items.In a statement, he issued, Atiku said: “We cannot afford hand wringing and navel-gazing. We must act now by takingContinue Reading
Nigeria, Africa’s biggest economy, has entered its second recession in five years as official figures published on Saturday show that the economy shrank again in the third quarter of this year. This year’s recession, ocassioned by the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic, is worse than that of 2016. TheContinue Reading
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is presently interrogating a former Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service, Babatunde Fowler, over the N100 billion tax evasion allegations levelled against a tax firm, Alpha Beta Consulting. Fowler, who was also a former Chief Executive Officer, Lagos State Internal Revenue Service, respondedContinue Reading
England will enter a month-long lockdown from Thursday, Boris Johnson has announced. Until 2 December, people in England will only be allowed to leave their homes for specific reasons, such as education, work or food shopping. Schools, colleges and universities will remain open while those who cannot work from home,Continue Reading
Boris Johnson is reportedly considering a new national lockdown in England from next week after his scientific advisers warned coronavirus was spreading significantly faster than their worst-case scenario. The Prime Minister is said to have spent Friday meeting with ministers and aides after government scientists warned deaths were tracking wellContinue Reading
